level 5 leaders

Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It's not that Level 5 leaders have no ego or self-interest. Indeed, they are incredibly ambitious--but their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, not themselves.

Jim Collins

Source: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, Pages: 21

Level 5 leaders are fanatically driven, infected with an incurable need to produce sustained results. They are resolved to do whatever it takes to make the company great, no matter how big or hard the decisions.

Jim Collins

Source: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, Pages: 39